Freetown

F4R1E1E1T1O1W4N1
UK/ˈfɹiːˌtaʊn/

proper noun

The capital city of Sierra Leone.

Similar
McDonoghvilleLouisiana
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The capital city of Sierra Leone.

    Nearly 17,000 tons of this were accounted for by the haulage of chrome ore from the mine at Hangha to Freetown, a distance of 187½ miles, for shipment.

    1960 April 28, H. P. White, “The Railways of Sierra Leone”, in Railway Magazine, page 237
    1. metonymicallyThe Sierra Leonian government.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A ghost town in Hale County, Alabama.
    2. A census-designated place in Pershing Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
    3. Synonym of McDonoghville, Louisiana (informal).

      Synonyms: McDonoghville, Louisiana

    4. Former name of Atholton, Maryland.
    5. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
    6. A town in Cortland County, New York.
    7. A hamlet in the town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York.
    8. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
    9. A freedmen's town in Orange County, Virginia.
  3. A village in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
  4. A locality on Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of McDonoghville, Louisiana (informal).

Similar
McDonoghvilleLouisiana
Also see
mcdonoghville

Origin

From free + town, as being formerly settled by freed slaves.

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Translations

Afrikaans Freetown
  • Freetowncapital of Sierra Leone
Arabic فْرِيتَاوْن
  • فْرِيتَاوْن (fritāwn)capital of Sierra Leone
Chinese Mandarin 弗里敦
  • 弗里敦 (Fúlǐdūn)capital of Sierra Leone
Czech Freetown
  • Freetowncapital of Sierra Leone
Danish Freetown
  • Freetowncapital of Sierra Leone
Esperanto Fritaŭno
  • Fritaŭnocapital of Sierra Leone
Hebrew פריטאון
  • פריטאון (fritaun)capital of Sierra Leone
Italian Freetown
  • Freetowncapital of Sierra Leone
Japanese フリータウン
  • フリータウン (Furītaun)capital of Sierra Leone
Korean 프리타운
  • 프리타운 (Peuritaun)capital of Sierra Leone
Lithuanian Fritaunas
  • Fritaunascapital of Sierra Leone
Polish Freetown
  • Freetowncapital of Sierra Leone
Portuguese Freetown
  • Freetowncapital of Sierra Leone
Russian Фрита́ун
  • Фрита́ун (Fritáun)capital of Sierra Leone
Spanish Freetown
  • Freetowncapital of Sierra Leone
Ukrainian Фріта́ун
  • Фріта́ун (Fritáun)capital of Sierra Leone
Vietnamese Phri-tao
  • Phri-taocapital of Sierra Leone
Cite this entry
APA

Freetown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Freetown

MLA

“Freetown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Freetown. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Freetown,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Freetown.

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